Jesse Tree Crochet Advent Calendar: December 15

Elijah and Baal's Priests

"'I have not made trouble for Israel,' Elijah replied. 'But you and your father’s family have. You have abandoned the Lord’s commands and have followed the Baals. Now summon the people from all over Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel. And bring the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table.' So Ahab sent word throughout all Israel and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel. Elijah went before the people and said, 'How long will you waver between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him.' But the people said nothing. Then Elijah said to them, 'I am the only one of the Lord’s prophets left, but Baal has four hundred and fifty prophets. Get two bulls for us. Let Baal’s prophets choose one for themselves, and let them cut it into pieces and put it on the wood but not set fire to it. I will prepare the other bull and put it on the wood but not set fire to it. Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the Lord. The god who answers by fire—he is God.' Then all the people said, 'What you say is good.'"

Special Stitches:Reverse popcorn. Work 5 dc in indicated st. Remove loop from hook and insert hook from back to front into the first dc. Replace loop on hook and draw through the dc, allowing the 5-dc group to "pop" out toward the back of the work.Picot. Ch 3, sl st in top of last dc.

Row 1. Sl st in 18th ch from hook, sc in next ch, hdc in next ch, dc in ea of next 9 ch, 7 dc in last ch; rotate to work along bottom in un-used loops of beg ch. Dc in ea of next 8 ch, picot, finish off. 24 dc, 1 hdc, 1 sc, and 1 ch-18 sp.Row 2. Turn. Skip picot dc and next 2 dc, join Melon with sl st in next dc. Ch 4, sl st in 4th ch from hook, dc in flo of ea of next 7 dc, 7 dc in both loops of next dc, dc in flo of ea of next 11 dc, picot, finish off. 25 dc.Row 3. Turn. Skip picot dc and next 2 dc, join Ruby with sl st in next dc. Ch 4, sl st in 4th ch from hook, dc in blo of ea of next 10 dc, (4 dc, sl st in ch-1 sp of row 3 of Log, 3 dc) in both loops of next dc, dc in blo of ea of next 8 dc, picot, finish off. 25 dc.
Weave in all ends. Block for best results.